Toy pistol



June 23, 1925.

R. E. REARDON TOY PISTOL Filed July 2, 1925 fiver Liar:

aw (5 M W Patented June 23, 1925.

ROBERT EDXVIN BEARIDON, OF COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO-VICTORY SPARKLEE & SPECIALTY COIVIPANY, OF ELKTON, IJIARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TOY PISTOL.

Application filed July 2, 1923. Serial No. 648,926.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT EDWIN REAR- DON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in the'town of Columbia, county of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, have invented a new and useful Toy Pistol, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toy firearms, especially of the tape fed, re peating pistol type.

My object is to provide a novel, simple, easily assembled, readily loaded and positively operating toy pistol or gun. I accomplish this as follows, developing from the cap strip feeding mechanism of my allowed patent application bearing Serial No. 549,944, and incorporating a number of novel and useful features of construction that are of operative and commercial value in this art. Especially I make the cap feed path a clearway, by having the hammer normally retracted from the anvil. In the usual construction of toy pistols of trigger pressure operated, tape fed type, the hammer normally bears on the anvil and must be raised therefrom coincidently with the advance of the cap tape, thus necessitating nicety of adjustment of working parts and also conducing to feed obstruction from sticking of tape to hammer or anvil face through continued compression. In my device the hammer contacts with the anvil only momentarily, while striking an explosive cap thereon, and retracts as the feed means retracts. I also provide a novel form of loading door or wall opening in the pistol casing, which is readily assembled, facilitates loading and cleaning by opening a large area, and is an effective closure, even without friction or spring locking. '1 further provide in the cap feeding means a self-adjusting shield against back fire from the exploding cap; furnish finger pressure means for controlling and applying striking force to the hammer; retract the trigger member, retract the hammer and furnish striking force to the hammer by means of a single spring, very easily assembled; and provide a pistol body or casing that may conveniently be assembled by a single screw, that is hidden when the casing is closed, thus allowing the pistol exterior to be molded in more exact semblance of a real pistol.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the acompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my toy'pis tol, with door, plate opened, showing in full and dotted linethe working parts in normal position therein and a roll of cap tapein place.

I Figure 2 is a side elevation of the left side of the casing of my toy pistol, showing in placethereon'as assembled, in normal position, the working parts in somewhat modified form of construction.

The body or casing of my toy pistol is preferably made in three parts, the sides A andB, left and right respectively, and the right side door plate 0, pivoted between the sides A and B by means of an apertured flange C on door plate C fitting on a ridgebased pin A 'that projects from side A at right angle thereto. The said flange O of door plate C is tapered from its pivotal aperture C to its edge C both radially from its pivotal point and upwardly along its rearward margin,'so that when the said door plate C is in normal closed position it is held there snugly by the tapering flange C? being rotarily wedged marginaly be tween the adjoining pistol sides A andiB. When moved from such normal closed position the flange C of door plate O immediately loosens on its pivot A on which it is loosely fitted, and the door plate C may be released outwardly from its amb and swung upwardly until it comes to rest, clear of the pistol side opening.

A trigger member D is pivoted by transverse pin or preferably hubs, as D between the casing sides A and B, by means of holes, as B in said sides. It bears a tape guiding wall D having a concave side D with a step or platform D therein, an upward extension or nose D of said wall above said step D, and a rearward enlargement or hump D at the lower end of said wall. Bridging the concave side D of said tape guiding wall D extending from the rearward hump D at the lower end of said wall,

which hump D it embraces, to the step D.

which it overlaps, is a resilient liner or bridge E, preferably of flat spring formed to snap on the hump D and hold its position by engagement therewith. A spring pawl F mounted and having limited vertical side of the pawl F and theopposite edge of theppen'sector in cylindrical socket D normally'presses the pawl F against the liner E on ste D of tape wall D From the upper e of the pawl F, which may be called a grip, pawl, andadjacent its free end there 7 extends upwardly a flan e F approximate- 1y paralleling and extenc ing silghtly beyond the upward extension or nose D ofthe tape guiding wallD ,From the pivotal-end of the said pawl F, limiting its pivotal movementby lying in a recess D? in the vwall of cylindrical socket D and also holding said pawl in said socket by riding underneath the frame'of casin side B of the .pis'tol,there adjacent, extents longitudinally of the pawl atail F 7 I L I 7 On'the inward side of the frame of casing side B, at B diagonally adjacent the normal position of tape guiding wall D of trigger member D, is projected at right angle an open sectioned cylinder in which is'moun ted by means of a circularly formed end a spring pawl K, preferably made of suitablyshaped flat spring material, which maybe called a check or stoppawl. This spring pawl 'K bears with its free end upon the liner E of tape wall D of trigger member D, normally bearing upon-the said liner where it rests upon the step '1), interposed between said liner and the free end of grip paWlF. On casing'side A of the pistol, opposite the cylindrical socket-B 1016 stop pawl K, projected from casing side B thereat, is a boss or raised plat-form A with a slightly higher ledge A on its upper margin, adapted to keep in its socket the circularly formed end of pawl springxK and prevent friction of the lower edgeo'f same upon trigger member D. Centrally'of the boss A is a threaded hole A for the end of pistol assembling screw. I

' Radiating from the pivotal point or hub D of'the trigger member D, upwardly, forwardly and downwardly respectively, are: an upward extension or arm terminating in a top flanged stud D which projects at' right angle parallel with hub D; a hammer engaging nose extension D and a finger extension or trigger proper, D

Mounted on the hub D of the trigger member- D is a coiled spring Shaving three arms, in this mode of construction made by coiling, a doubledwire, thus having a double arm and two single arms. The double or against the forward side of a stud A on the casing side A, located, in this construction, in the pistol grip, adjoining the boss A. The sprlng S is thus held assembled to trigger member D by its tension centrally on huhD and the pressure of armsS and S against finger extensionl) and top flanged stud D flres'pecti'y ely. Itm'ay be assembled to thetrigger very readily and the spring and trigger handled as one in further as sembly. The upper or second arm S of the spring Sprojects beyond the retaining and restraining fianged stud D to sufficient dis tance to engagethe head H of a hammer H, means of a downward flange extension H from said hammer head H which has a side notchor recess "H therein in which lies the extended arm S of spring. S and through which said arm S passes, controlling ]by' such en agement the position of hammer head I' 1 and normally holding same retracted from the anvil A which is a flange extending at right angle from the upper margin of easing side A, subjacent V the marginal wall of said casing. a

The hammer H is transversely pivoted "between the casing sides A and B of the pistol, preferably by means of nu'bs, as H, on the hammer and holes, as B, in'the said casing sides, and 'adaptedtope'rcuss with head I-I upon the anvil A A downward H e tension of the hammer H, below thepivotal point H of same, has transverse recess H therein, cylindrical in shape and having an open sector on the side facing the trigger member D In the said transverse recess H and having limited vertical movement in the open side of same, through which it projects, is'inounted, by means of an enlarged, parti-cylindrical head, an upwardly resilient strut I. A U-sha-ped strut spring J embraces in the cylindrical recess H the parti cyli'ndrical head of the strut I, and by compression against its upper side and the.

adjacent edge of the open sector of said cylindrical recess H keeps the strut I normally depressed.

The working parts of my pistol beingm placeand'the casing parts adjusted, assembly is completed by insertion of an assembling screw L, through the frame of casing side 13 at E the inwardly projected. cylindrical socket of pawl spring K thereat,

and the cylindrically formed butt of said pawl spring K mounted in said socket,- into the threaded hole A in th'eboss'A. The head of said assembly screw L is fia t and countersunk. The screw "engaginghole A need not extend completely through casing side A, as the boss A* may he made high enough centrally to take all the threading necessary to substantial engagement of assembly screw L therewith. It will he obviou's that door plate C when closed rides over the frame of easing side B atB and covers the head of assembly screw L. The screw point not extending through casing side A, the means of holding the pistol together is thus invisible when p stol is closed, and any means of assemblage may be indicated in the molded exterior of the pistol without contradictory appearance of the real means or marring the exterior design.

A roll of cap tape \i is shown in place in the pistol, in Figure 1, mounted on a post A located, in this construction, in the grip section of the pistol. For descriptive convenience the three leading caps are designated as M M and It The modified form of the working parts of my toy pistol, shown in Figure 2, differs from the preferred form shown in nigure 1 and described in the foregoing, in substituting for the combination of hammer H and upwardly resilient strut T a hammer H of which the pivot nubs, as H, instead of being mounted in circular holes, as 3*, in the casing sides A and B, are mounted in diagonally upward slots, as A inclining forward, that are extended from the location of said pivot holes, as i of Figure 1 construction. The hammer nubs, as H, normally lie in the lower end of the diago nal slots, A and are held there by pressure on the pivotal end of the hammer H exer cised by a fourth arm S of spring S, formed by doubling the arm S of same at its terminus and returning it through hammer head notch H in tangential forward extension towards the hammer pivotal point, beneath which, in .the hammer downward extension H it engages in and presses downward on the lower side of a recess H. An integral right angular marginal extension H of rearward side of the downward extension H of hammer H, takes the place of the strut I of Figure 1 in engaging with the nose D of the trigger member D, the latter escaping therefrom in return to normal position by raising the hammer pivotalend bodily, the nubs H riding upward in diagonal slots A until the rotation of the trigger member D and the recession of hammer H as its nubs H rise in the forwardly inclined slots A terminates their engagement.

The operation of my toy pistol is effected as follows: A roll of explosive cap tape, as M, is mounted on post A on casing side A and the free end of the tape passed up along the tape guiding wall D of trigger member D, along the resilient liner E of said guide wall D under the free ends of spring stop pawl K and spring grip pawl F,-until a cap hummock, preferably the second leading cap, as I is slightly in advance of the nose of stop pawl K, on which the free end of grip pawl F normally rides. The door plate C of the pistol is then closed. The trigger extension D is then pressed, thereby rotating the trigger member D and raising the tape guiding wall D with pawl F gripping the tape M against same by engag ing a cap hummock, as M and pawl K rid ing over the lower cap hummock, as M as the guide wall D and tape M rise, until the upper flange F of pawl F bears the leading end of cap tape M against the threshold of the overhead anvil A placing the foremost cap, as M directly opposite said anvil. Simultaneously with this action the nose D of the trigger member D rotates downwardly upon the strut I extending from the pivotal end of the hammer H, thereby tending to retract still farther from anvil A the hammer head H against which at the same time the projected second arm S of operating spring S, by engagement in notch H of hammerhead flange H bears with increasing pressure, continuing until the downward rotation of trigger member nose D and hammer strut I, at the instant of arrival of cap M in striking position on anvil A releases the hammer H to strike the anvil and cap thereon.

Pressure upon the trigger being removed, it returns to normal position by pressure of third arm S of the spring S, upon the stud A of easing side A of the pistol and pressure of arm S of said spring upon the rear of trigger extension D the upwardly resilient hammer strut I permitting the re turn of nose D of the trigger member D. As the trigger member D returns to normal position, the tape guiding wall D descends, passing along the back of the cap tape, M, and the spring grip pawl F rides down the face of said tape, over the next cap hummock thereon, onto the free end or nose of spring stop pawl K, which, by pressing against the guide wall D the tape M, engages said tape body or a cap hummock thereon and prevents the said tape from receding with the guide wall D The resilient liner E which bridges the major portion of the path of the free end of stop pawl K, practically ensures engagement of the pawl K with a cap hummock at each advance, thus positively regulating the tape feed, and determining the extent of each step by the distance between the successive cap hummocks.

The parts having returned to normal position, another pressure of the operators finger on the trigger repeats the action, which may thus be continued until each successive cap has been fed forward and detonated.

Operation of the modified form of my toy pistol shown in Figure 2 is similar, dili'ering in the action only in the detail of trigger nose D 'in return to normal position escaping from the strut replacing extension H of hammer H by elevating the pivotal end ofsaid hammer H, by the nubs H of same riding up in the diagonal pivotal slots,

A in which slots the pivot nubs H are normally depressed by the reverse extension S of arm S of the operating spring S.

It will be understood that a number of modifications in and deviations "from my invention as herein presented, may be made without departing fromgthe spirit thereof.

I claim: 7 y

1. In a toy firearm, an anvil, a hammer, a trigger, and single spring means for holding the hammer normally retracted from the anvil, returning the trigger'to normal position, and applying striking force to the hammer.

2. In a toy firearm, an anvil, a hammer, a trigger, and single triple armed spring means for retracting said hammer and trigger and per-cussing said hammer upon the anvil.

3. In a toy firearm, an anvil, a hammer, a trigger, and single operating spring means for retracting said hammer and: trigger, maintaining their relation to each other, and percussing the said hammer upon the said anvil.

4. In a toy firearm, a hammer, an anvil, a trigger member carrying means forcarrying detonating material to said anvil and means for maintaining a constant controlling connection with the hammer and maintaining itself in normal position. i

5. In a toy firearm, an anvil, a-hammer, a trigger member having means for gripping and advancing to the anvil the free end of an explosive cap tape and means for adherently mounting an operating spring and limiting its action with relation to the hammer, an operating spring mounted adherently on the said trigger member and havingoperative bearing upon the hammer for retraction.

from anvil or advancement thereto and thus operating to maintain said trigger member -11]. normal position and said hammer norplate hinged transversely between the saidv casing sides by means of an apertured, offset flange tapered radially from said aperture and marginally upward, adapted to fit loosely on said ridge based interior post and the door plate rotarily assumes closed position and is thereby drawn into its engaging recess on the casing side, of which it forms the completing section.

7. In a toy firearm, an anvil, a trigger member adapted to bearexplosive cap tape to said anvil and by means of a resilient shield press said cap tape against the threshold of said anvil.

. 8. In a toy pistol having a casing coinprised of three parts, means for assembling same consisting of one interiorly located, normally hidden assembly screw.

9. In a toy firearm, an anvil, and a trigger member adapted to carry explosive cap tape to said anvil, said trigger member bearing a resiliently faced tape 'guideway there- 10. In a toy firearm, an anvil, a trigger member, a tape pathway on said trigger member, a recess in said tape pathway, and

a spring bridging said recess.

T ROBERT EDWINREARDON.

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